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- At Night or In the Night? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
1 The origin of "at night" to indicate a point of time and the usage of prepositions "in" and"at" In olden times, when the time expression "at night" was originated, night might have been thought as a point of time in the day because there wasn't any activity going on and people were sleeping that time unlike daytime
- At night or In the night - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
What can I say about a thing happened at night? Someone stole my phone at night OR Someone stole my phone in the night Which one is right to say?
- Is Night an acceptable informal variant of Good Night?
The spoken use of "night" as an informal, familiar version of "good night" (wishing one a restful sleep) is common, but I'm not sure what the proper written equivalent is - if there is one I have
- single word requests - Precise names for parts of a day - English . . .
The set of words that refers to the sky is: dawn (sky is getting light), sunrise (exactly when the sun is first visible), day or daytime (between sunrise and sunset), sunset (exactly when the sun is last visible), dusk (sky is getting dark), night or nighttime (sky is dark)
- What is an appropriate greeting to use at night time?
“Good night” or “good evening”? I am in the process of creating a software application which displays a greeting to users based on the time of day I have come to a blank on what to display to the user when it is late at night 'Good night, [user's name]' just doesn't seem right So, what is an appropriate greeting to use at night time?
- Whats the difference between “by night” and “at night”?
The expression by night is typically used to contrast someone's nighttime activities to their daytime activities, especially when the nighttime activities are unusual or unexpected
- How do people greet each other when in different time zones?
I was puzzled by your question, then I worked out that you mean 'How do you greet a person who is in a different time zone from yours?' I suppose, if you know what time it is where they are, you use the greeting appropriate for them
- Why do we say last night and not yesterday night?
As from object, is there a rational reason for saying "last night" rather than "yesterday night", though you would say "yesterday morning" and "yesterday afternoon"?
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